NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT vs ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G96GPU NameR520
TeslaArchitectureR500
UMCFoundryTSMC
65 nmProcess Size90 nm
314 millionTransistors321 million
144 mm²Die Size288 mm²

Graphics Card

Jul 29th, 2008Release DateDec 20th, 2005
GeForce 9
(9500)
FamilyRadeon R500 PCIe
(X1800)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 8PredecessorRadeon R400 PCIe
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

512 MBMemory Size512 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
128 bitMemory Bus256 bit
32.00 GB/sBandwidth44.80 GB/s

Performance

4.800 GPixel/sPixel fillrate9.600 GPixel/s
9.600 GTexel/sTexture fillrate9.600 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

1000 MHz
2 Gbps effective
Memory Clock700 MHz
1400 Mbps effective
600 MHzGPU Clock600 MHz

Render Config

16TMUs16
8ROPs16

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
50 WThermal design power (TDP)113 W
250 WSuggested PSU300 W
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
NonePower Connectors1x 6-pin

API support

11.1 (10_0)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
3.3OpenGL2.1
1.1OpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
4.0Shader Model3.0